Yesterday's Promise Song Lyrics and Chords by Kitty Wells
Yesterday's Promise
Recorded by Kitty Wells
Written by Wayne Manning
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Yesterday's promise got you
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everything I had
You took all the
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best of me and
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now you call me
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bad
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You made me careless with the
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pretty things you'd say
Now yesterday's
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promise has me
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cryin'
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day
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Yesterday's promise made the
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fire within me burn
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Today there's only bitter ashes
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everywhere I
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turn
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Tomorrow may be better when the
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hurt has gone away
But yesterday's
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promise has me
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cryin'
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day
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Yesterday's promise made with
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just one thing in mind
But
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to a girl it sounds like love
When it's
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love she hopes to
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find
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Tomorrow I may find it when the
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hurt has gone away
But yesterday's
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promise has me
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cryin'
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day
FAQ
Who sang the the song Yesterday's Promise?
- The song Yesterday's Promise was sang by Kitty Wells.
Who is Kitty Wells?
- Ellen Muriel Deason (August 30, 1919 - July 16, 2012), known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a barrier to women in country music with her 1952 hit recording "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", which also made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts and turned her into the first female country superstar. “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels†would also be her first of several pop crossover hits. Wells is the only artist to be awarded top female vocalist awards for 14 consecutive years. Her chart-topping hits continued until the mid 1960s, paving the way for and inspiring a long list of female country singers who came to prominence in the 1960s.
Wells ranks as the sixth most successful female vocalist in the history of the Billboard country charts, according to historian Joel Whitburn's book The Top 40 Country Hits. In 1976, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1991, Wells became the third country music artist, after Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, and the eighth woman to receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Wells' success and influence on country music garnered her the title "Queen of Country Music".
